Where do our lawmakers come up with this stuf What are some of everyones weird laws where your from? Here's mine:

Texas

It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.

It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. :?

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home. 8)

Well, there is this odd law in New Zealand that forbades restaurants to sell our domestic Trout (mainly the Brown trout, but Rainbow too)! We can export them, which we do, but it is illegal for restaurants to sell it! If you want trout, you'll have to fish it yourself and you'll need to get a license for that beforehand!

Also, similiar stance for lamb, through restaurants are allowed to sell rack of lamb, but that is about it!

Earlier this year, there was talk about a law being passed to allow 12 year olds and up to root with immunity as long as it is a consensual relationship! I don't know what ever happened, but lots of folk were outraged! New Zealand is one of the tops in the world for teenage pregnancy and politicians want to pass such an absurd law!

No you know one of the reasons that I have such a strong distaste for most things political because of crap like this!

In Pennsylvania it is illegal to pee in public.

What's up with that?

Indecent yeah, but illegal I could only see if you were exposing yourself.
Although I have had an officer tell me not to piss on the side of the road :?
Where the hell else are you going to do it if no bathrooms around

Here are some strange sex laws:

-- In Bakersfield, California, anyone having intercourse with Satan
must use a condom. (An asbestos one we presume.)

-- In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while
hunting or fishing on your wedding day.

-- In Minnesota, it is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse
with a live fish. (Apparently it's OK for woman.)

-- No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic,
onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife
so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.

-- Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't
allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with
you -- or holding you in his arms.

-- Bozeman, Montana, has a law that bans all sexual activity between
members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown --
if they're nude.

-- In hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to
have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart
when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make
love on the floor between the beds!

-- The owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to
provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even
if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have
sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton
nightshirts.

-- An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from
having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer!

-- A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called
master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

-- In Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual activity
with the lights on.

-- In Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets
because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of
a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American
male."

-- It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police
officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any
suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up
from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two
minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.

-- A law in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a
table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two
ounces of clothing. (Ouch! These pasties hurt!)

-- Anywhere in the U.S., it's illegal to use any live endangered
species, excepting insects, in public or private sexual displays, shows
or exhibits depicting cross-species sex. (Insectophiles apparently were
successful in their lobbying efforts.)

-- Lovers in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, should avoid satisfying their
lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while
they are frolicking behind the wheel, the couple can face a jail term.

-- In Carlsbad, New Mexico, it's legal for couples to have sex in a
parked vehicle during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or
van has drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in.

-- Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio
- a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"

-- No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance within
the boundaries of Tremonton, Utah. If caught, the woman can be charged
with a sexual misdemeanor and "her name is to be published in the local
newspaper." The man isn't charged nor is his name revealed.

-- It is illegal for any member of the Nevada Legislature to conduct
official business wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in
session.

Which I got from this website

In Rhode Island:

Cap guns are illegal

One must make a loud noise before passing a car on the left.

In Providence the capitol of Rhode Island:
You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

That's some funny shit Rip

From what I know:

In Quebec:
if a couple divorces, has a child and still live in Quebec, one parent cannot have specific things if the other person other doesnt. you cant live in a house with one room more than your ex, cant have a larger screen tv, sattelite and stuff, if the other doesnt. you must provide for it or convince them to buy one. This is to make sure the child doesnt feel one parent is worse off than the other. ..

I'm sure i havent put down the exact technicalities though.

Terrible terrible law

A long time ago at a University in England (I think), a student looked up an old college law and demanded that he be given his pint of beer to help study for exams. The University officials looked up the laws themselves to check. They admitted defeat and gave the student his pint -- and then slapped the student with a 5-Lb fine for not wearing a sword.

(Not quite on topic but I thought it belonged here.)

anyone who isn't familiar with the 'blue laws'

http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/bluelaws.html

they are ridiculous and hilarious, especially the sex ones if you can find them.

the worst growing up was not being able to buy liquor after 8 p.m, or at all on a sunday! yes we would actually (if we couldn't make it on time or ran out) drive to Massachusetts for booze.

These may be urban legends, but I believe in Alabama it is illegal to drive barefoot and you must also bathe at least twice a year (whether you need it or not).

Its illegal to drive braefoot in RI as well.

WTF? That makes no sense,Its probably the stupidist law ive ever read.

Maybe cow is their word for spouse of 4 or more years?

This law in my city pisses me off. Stores aren't allowed to be open on boxing day (day after christmas). But the only store to have gone through city legislation and is allowed to stay open on boxing day is obviously Burger King... And BK is supposed to be the busiest place that day considering Tim Horton's aren't opened and BK's the only place to get some coffee.

How the hell do you celebrate boxing day without any store open!?!? Defeats the whole purpose no!?

the city celebrates boxing day the day after boxing day. So 2 days after christmas instead of the day after.

Also another stupid law in our city was that no shopping stores can be open later then 5:30 on saturday and sundays. But some big stores like Wal-Mart and Future Shop we're just allowed to leave the doors open til 9:00 on the weekend. It's illegal to have a 24 hours a day store (unless it's fast food like McDo's or BK or Wendy's).

@ first point

Thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard!!

at the other stuff:

ARRGHH!! I hate that!! Its the same here in Montreal .. well its not law but other than thursday and friday, every freaking thing closes in Montreal at 5pm (shopping areas!!). About 3 years ago, Eaton center decided to stay open till 9, futureshop did the same. a few places here and there moved to 6 (individual stores). Recently a couple of more malls have decided to stay open till 9 as well.

I mean how stupid is that!! While everyone is at work, keep them open, when everyone leaves work, close it!! Ingenius i tell you. !! BLAH!!

I really think consumer and service industry should operate with different times than the conventional 9 to 5. hell i know backs that are open 10 to 3. how stupid is that!!

The funny thing is, someone would've had to have done these things for them to become laws, right? Why else would they make up these weird laws? Having sex in a meat-freezer?

Hey, that's where I live!

So if you're ever bum rushing satan, wear protection!

That's not going to happen! :wink:

Are you sure?

A lot of these weird laws are just not true. Seriously, if you ask for a source, you won't get any because they're just made up. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Some are based on court cases, and what someone did is to take one part of the case and extrapolate that this was a law. For instance, "It is illegal in San Francisco to shoot a cow from a moving trolley car." No legislator actually sat down and wrote that law. What happened was that someone shot a cow from a moving trolley car and was then arrested, and his defense was "there's no law against it!" and then the jury said it came under "endangering the welfare of an animal" or some other reasonable law. And what does the paper report? "It is illegal to shoot a cow from a trolley car."

So most of these are not true, and the ones that are are merely recitations of strange cases.

Touche Mike. Touche.